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Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis is Senior Editor for Healthcare IT News, exclusively covering cybersecurity and government policy. She writes the bi-weekly HITN Cybersecurity Checkup and is lead editor for Women in Health IT.

By Jessica Davis | 01:14 pm | February 01, 2018
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Patty Murray, Tim Kaine and others want to know where the administration is spending money and what actions have been taken to combat the crisis – especially on telemedicine initiatives.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:03 pm | February 01, 2018
The week-long Allscripts outage is proving once again that healthcare can't afford to get lax on security.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 03:27 pm | January 30, 2018
Just days after Alex Azar was confirmed as HHS Secretary, the House Oversight Committee took the agency to task for being uncooperative and missing mutually agreed upon deadlines.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:20 pm | January 30, 2018
This is the healthcare cyber risk management company’s first year in the top spot of the coveted KLAS rankings.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:05 pm | January 29, 2018
The proposed bill is just the latest from state governments pushing for tighter breach reporting requirements in the wake of major breaches like Equifax, Target and Verizon.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 01:07 pm | January 29, 2018
Three months after investors sued the Chicago-based startup for false data and financial reports, co-founders Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal have stepped down.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 02:12 pm | January 26, 2018
In the wake of the SamSam attack, some of the cloud-based clients still have issues, such as a need to login multiple times.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 12:47 pm | January 26, 2018
The lawsuit alleges Allscripts failed to secure and audit its system, which caused the system outage for about a week, causing “significant business interruption” for its clients.
Interoperability
By Jessica Davis | 03:07 pm | January 25, 2018
The nonprofit aims to press Congress for PDMP interoperability between states and more accessible data.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 10:42 am | January 24, 2018
A team from Texas State University is developing a technique to identify flaws and outline the potential for a breach, which it will demonstrate at HIMSS18.